Transylvania University | Calendar of Events

Grand Kyiv Ballet — The Nutcracker
2025-12-20 14:00 (America/New_York) | Haggin Auditorium — Mitchell Fine Arts Center

Grand Kyiv Ballet — The Nutcracker
2025-12-20 19:00 (America/New_York) | Transylvania University

Students return to campus
2026-01-04 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Transylvania University

Winter classes begin
2026-01-05 | Transylvania University

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
2026-01-19 | Transylvania University

BiGG SuGG & the JaZZ Funkers
2026-01-20 19:00 (America/New_York) | Carrick Theater — Mitchell Fine Arts Center

Premier Scholarship Program II
2026-01-23 | Transylvania University

Taylor B&E Lecture: Junnosuke Shino
2026-02-03 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | The Cowgill Center for Business, Economics, and Education
The Business Administration and Economics programs welcome Dr. Junnosuke Shino, professor at Waseda University and a former member of the Bank of Japan, for the annual Taylor B&E Lecture.
Dr. Shino will present a talk on “Japan’s Macroeconomic Situation and Its Global Connections”—offering insight into how Japan’s economic trends influence the broader world economy.
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
4–5 p.m.
Cowgill 102
Free and open to the campus community
Learn more about Dr. Shino’s work: https://sites.google.com/site/junnosukeshino/
For questions, please contact Geoffrey Williams, faculty coordinator.

Naples Alumni & Friends Gathering
2026-02-10 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Napels Yacht Club, 700 145h Avenue South, Naples, Florida, 34102

Zak Foster — SOUTHERN WHITE AMNESIA
2026-02-12 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Kentucky/Louisville) | Carrick Theater — Mitchell Fine Arts Center
SOUTHERN WHITE AMNESIA examines the family stories white Americans pass down through generations—or allow to be forgotten—about their role in slavery and its ongoing legacy. When Foster told a family member about discovering records showing their ancestors had enslaved people, the immediate response was “no”—followed by insistence that they would “surely know” if this were true. That moment of family denial launched this entire collection.

Kenan Lecture with Nikki Finney
2026-02-19 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Kentucky/Louisville) | Transylvania University
Nikky Finney is the author of “On Wings Made of Gauze”; “Rice”; “The World Is Round”; and “Head Off & Split”, which won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2011. Her new collection of poems, “Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry,” was released in 2020. Finney is Carolina Distinguished Professor at USC in Columbia where she is also director of the Ernest A. Finney Jr. Cultural Arts Center.

35th Anniversary Reading of the Affrilachian Poets
2026-02-20 18:00 (America/New_York) | Carrick Theater — Mitchell Fine Arts Center
Funded by the William R. Kenan Jr. Fund.
Followed by a book signing.

Metamorphosis
2026-02-24 - 2026-03-01 | Lucille C. Little Theater

Spring break
2026-03-09 - 2026-03-13 | Transylvania University

Grand Kyiv Ballet — Snow White
2026-03-15 | Mitchell Fine Arts Center

A Conversation with Hala Alyan
2026-03-24 16:00 - 20:00 (America/Kentucky/Louisville) | Carrick Theater — Mitchell Fine Arts Center
Hala Alyan is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor at New York University, and writer. Her work grapples heroically with themes of family, displacement, belonging, and what ‘home’ means. Of her work, author Fatimah Asghar writes, “I feel honored to be alive in a time where I can read Hala Alyan.”

Delcamp Visiting Writer - Madeline ffitch
2026-04-01 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Kentucky/Louisville) | Carrick Theater — Mitchell Fine Arts Center

Last day of Winter term
2026-04-17 | Transylvania University

Last day of classes
2026-04-19 | Transylvania University

May term begins
2026-04-22 | Transylvania University

Alumni Weekend 2026 — Connections That Count
2026-04-23 - 2026-04-26 | Transylvania University

Last day of May term
2026-05-19 | Transylvania University

Senior Awards 2026
2026-05-22 03:45 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Carrick Theater — Mitchell Fine Arts Center

Last Lecture 2026
2026-05-22 14:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Carrick Theater — Mitchell Fine Arts Center

Commencement
2026-05-23 | Transylvania University

Summer term begins
2026-06-01 | Transylvania University

Juneteenth holiday
2026-06-19 | Transylvania University

Last day of Summer term
2026-07-03 | Transylvania University
